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TMS Ep385: India's economic indicators, GQG, markets, Phone Link app

What do India's economic indicators say about Q3 consumption? Why is Rajiv Jain's GQG gung ho on Adani? What are the risks looming over stock markets? What's Microsoft's Phone Link app? Answers here

Consumer sentiments improve, but still too low

The recovery in consumer sentiments from the pandemic has been the slowest among all economic indicators

Economic indicators positive, but worries remain

The Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed up the prices of food, fuel, fertilizers, and other commodities

Restaurant searches, rail traffic: New data sets to gauge Indian economy

There are other metrics too, such as e-way bills, mobility measures and power generation, all of which are used to support the national accounts figures, not replace them

Economy shows strong signs of recovery, upswing in 19 of 22 eco indicators

High-frequency indicators (HFIs) are being monitored to track the progress of economic recovery in India since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country in January 2020

Demonetisation, 5 years on: Key economic indicators paint a mixed picture

Today marks the fifth anniversary of demonetisation. How has the historic event impacted the economy? Let's take a look at how some of the indicators have progressed since the 2016 'note ban'

High heels & chignons as economy indicators

Davis and his team also found that people were using fashion as a way to navigate through hard times

Recovery tracker: Improvement in power, freight volumes and revenue

Traffic still down by nearly a fifth from 2019 levels

Recovery tracker: Slower growth in rail freight, power generation

Some indicators are lower than their peak in August

Recovery tracker: Power generation up to 3-week high, mobility spikes

The power generation recovered sharply week on week basis as a lull in monsoon rains raised temperatures across the country

Recovery tracker: Power generation falls below 2019 level, mobility slows

Almost 77 per cent of workplace visits were back, while use of transit stations was at 85 per cent of 2019 levels

Recovery tracker: More signs of recovery as Covid-19 cases decline

There has also been an increase in traffic congestion, which is tracked by global location technology firm TomTom International

Recovery tracker: Spike in mobility, traffic pointers as people go out more

Other weekly economic indicators also show signs of gains

Recovery tracker: Rail and power show some gains in first month of new year

Mobility and traffic congestion see a drop

Recovery tracker: Workplace visits on the rise, Delhi emissions gain

Improvement in goods carried moderated shows latest rail data

Recovery tracker: More visits to transit stations, freight shows gains

Monday morning traffic is still over 40% below 2019 levels in key cities

Recovery Tracker: Workplace visits gain; power generation and freight slip

Working from office had fallen by two-thirds at the height of the lockdown

Recovery tracker: Traffic, workplace visits and emissions on the rise

Many indicators have improved from their recent lows

Weekly economic indicators: Delhi emissions slip, Mumbai traffic improves

Workplace visits are rising again

Weekly economic indicators: Power generation, traffic congestion dip

Other indicators too declined in the festive season from their gains in earlier weeks